Coil-box guard



B. C. YONGE.

COIL BOX GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12. 1919.

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RC Y C. YONGE, OF EL PASO, TEXAS.

COIL-BOX GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

application filed July 12. 1919. Serial No. 310.317.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

' Be it known that 1, Roy C. Jones, a citizen of the United States, residin at El Paso, in the county of El Paso' and tate of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coil-Box Guards, of which the following is a specification. Une object of my present invention is the provision a simple and inexpensive guard susceptible oi ready application to the coil box of an automobile and calculated when locked in position to preclude the removal ofthe cover section of the box, this with a view to averting theft of the coils from. the box.

Another object is the provision of a guard adapted in addition to the function stated to prevent removal of the bolts through the medium of which the body section of the body attached to a dash or other suitable support.

To the attainment of the foregoing the invention consists in my novel and advantageous guard and in the combination of the with a coil box as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

in the accompanying drawings hereby a part hereof:

-pped with my novel guard which is shown as locked in its Working position. 4

2 is an elevation taken at right angles "1g. 3 is a detail transverse section taken the plane indicated by the line 3-3 of 2, showing one of the channel form ht members of the ard, and also one oi the attaching bolts and a ion of the dash. ilar numerals or reference designate .responding parts in all oi the views of *avvings. coil box illustrated is of the type in "Wren use on Ford automobiles, the same Ending a body section 1, a cover section 2 and end fasteners 8-. The body section 1 "ovided' "with end flanges l for the re" on bolts l through which said body n attached to a dash 1.

novel guard is adapted to be arranbged ox,

in in surrounding relation endwise of the to be secured in position through "the '.cdiuin of a paddock d, or any other suiture 1 is an elevation of a coil boxable lock. The said guard will be readily understood as comprisin a base bar 5, upright end bars 6, prefera-l ly of channel form in horizontal section, hinged to the ends of the base bar 5, and top bars 7 hinged to the upper ends of the bars 6, and arranged with their inner portions in lapped relation. One of the top bars 7 carries an upstanding staple 8, and the other top bar terminates in a hasp 9 to receive the staple, after Whichthe lock 10 is secured in the staple and over the hasp. Manifestly when my novel guard is supplied as stated, unauthorized removal of the cover section 2 of the box is eflectually prevented, and in consequence loss of coils through theft is averted. It will also be apparent that the novel guard will effectually prevent displacement of the cover section 2 from the bodysection 1 after the box has become Worn and distorted to such an extent that the cover section does not properly fit the body section. I prefer to make the upright end bars 6 of the guard of chain form, in order'to lend increased stiffness and strength thereto, and also in order to enable said end bars to guard the bolts before alluded to that efi'ect connection of the flanges of the body section 1 to the dash.

It'will be apparent from the foregoing that my novel guard is capable of being expeditiously and easily applied to coil boxes of the kind at present in general use, without the employment of skilled labor and Without the assistance of tools of any kind.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

As a new article of manufacture, a guard for coil boxes comprising a base bar, end bars hingedl connected to the ends of the base bar, an top bars hingedly connected to the upper ends of the end bars; said top bars having lapped end portions; the lower of said portions having a staple, and the otherterminating in a beep to receive the sta le precedent to the engagement of a 100 With the staple; the upright end bars having flanges adapted to rest opposite the attaching bolts of the coil boxes to prevent removal of said bolts.

In testimony whereof I affx my signature.

- ROY (3. YONGE. 

